Theology Final

Both the Jewish and Christian Canons put the Hebrew bible in the same order

False

Events in the Hebrew Bible occur over a period of 2,000 years

True

Genesis ends with Joseph returning to his fathers homeland

False

The first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible are also known as the Pentateuch, or Torah

True

Moses’ birth story was probably influenced by the birth story of King Sargon

True

Exodus 20 through the numbers 10 is called the “Law of Moses” because Moses created the rules and Laws

False

In the book of Judges, all the Judges were men

False

The term “classical Prophets” refers to the prophets of ancient Israel who left writings, like Isiah and Amos

True

Luke’s Gospel was the first canonical gospel to be written

False

The first half of Acts focuses on the ministry of Paul, while the second half of acts focuses on Peter

False

Which book is not a part of the Torah?

Psalms

The acronym used in Jewish contexts for the full Jewish Bible is

Tanakh

The story of Creation in Genesis 1 bears notable similarities with the

Enuma Elish

In the covenant between God and Abraham (specifically in Genesis 17). Abraham’s responsibility was to

Circumcise male offspring

The four sources of the documentary hypothesis are listed (in order) as

J, E, P, D

The Documentary hypothesis is primarily a theory of

How and when the sources of the Torah were written

The family tree of Abraham follows this order

Abraham, Issac, Jacob, Joseph

The person renamed "Israel" was

Jacob

Which of the following does not appear primeval history (Genesis 1-11)

The Covenant with Abraham

When God reveals God’s name to Moses in Exodus 3, this name means something like

I am

The Law of Moses is best described as

The Jews response of reverence to God for caring for them

The Passover refers to

God’s angel passing over the homes of Israelites but Killing Egyptians

Samuel is best described as

One of the judges who anointed the first kings of Israel

As described by Ehrman, the Deuteromistic History refers to

The history of ancient Israel from conquest of the promised land until Exile

According to the logic of the Deuteronomistic History, the destruction of the two kingdoms occurred because of

Worshipping gods other than YHWH

Which of the following is not a true statement about David?

Murdered Saul’s son in order to gain the throne

Which of the following is not one of the three kings from Israel's united monarchy

Samuel

After the monarchy was split and the Israelites were divided into two nations, the formerly united kingdom of israel became two kingdoms (north and south) called

Israel and Judah

After Israel's period of wandering in the desert, the conquest of the promised land was led by

Joshua

In about 722 BCE, the northern kingdom was destroyed by

Assyria

In about 586 BCE, the southern kingdom was taken into exile by

Babylon

The Jews were allowed to return from their exile in

538 BCE

Ruth is a remarkable character in the bible because she is presented very positively even though she is

A moalbite woman

The primary role of a prophet, like Amos, or Dr. Martin Lurther King Jr. is to

Highlight the shortcoming of contemporary society

The book of Isaih is typically divided into how many parts?

Three

The book of Jonah is best described as

A parody

Although set in the Babylonian court of the 6th C BCE, the book of Daniel was composed in the

2nd C, BCE

The book of Daniel is an early example of which kind of literature

Apocalyptic literature

The theme of Jesus as “lamb of God” is most prominently found in which Gospel?

John

Jesus as a Moses-like, Jewish messiah is found in which Gospel

Matthew

Jesus is presented as a social-justuce prophet in which Gospel

Luke

According to Ehrman, the historical Jesus is best understood as

An apocalyptic prophet

Markan priority refers to

The fact that mark was written before Mattew and Luke

What is the approximate timeframe covered by the New Testament

130-200 years

What is not one of the major themes in John’s Gospel

Obedience to Jesus law

The term “Synoptic Gospels” includes all of the following except

John

The four source hypothesis provides a way to explain

Which sources Matthew and Luke used to write their gospels

The Gospel of Thomas is an important non-canonical text because

It lists many alleged sayings of Jesus

The Gospel with the highest christology is the Gospel of

John

The Undisputed Letters of Paul include all of the following except

Ephesians

Paul’s letters were written during which decade

50-60 CE

A major theme of Thessalonians 1 is

Imminent Apocalypse

Paul’s key concept of pistis as the bass for being righteous in God’s sight could mean all of the following except

Processing secret knowledge for salvation

Household codes are found in all of the following except

Hebrews

The “acts of Paul and Thecla” is an important early christian text because

It challenges the gender roles advanced by texts like 1 timothy

The General Epistles

Were largely written to christians throughout the world, rather than to specific communities

A central argument of the letter of James opposes followers of Paul who were teaching

That faith alone saves

The author of Revelation was traditionally believed to be

John

The book of Revelation is typically categorized by scholars as which genre of literature

Apocalypse

The original context, a major purpose of revelation was

To give hope to christians who were persecuted by Roman authorities

The Greek version of the Hebrew bible is called

Septuagint

The books of Maccabees are important as a source for the traditions of

Hanukkah

The holiday associated with the Holy Spirit coming upon Jesus’follwoers in acts called

Pentecost

Q refers to

One of the sources used by Luke when he wrote his Gospel

For gnostic Christianity, Jesus was primarily

An enlightened teacher of wisdom

The term apocalypse most clearly means

Revelation